a united states senator from kentucky . he was the state ' s first popularly elected senator following passage of the seventeenth amendment . descended from a prominent political family , beck ##ham was chosen as democrat william go ##eb ##el ' s running mate in the gubernatorial election of 1899 despite the fact that he was not yet of legal age to serve as governor if called to do so . go ##eb ##el lost the election to republican william s . taylor , but the kentucky general assembly disputed the election results . during the political wr ##ang ##ling that followed , an unknown assassin shot go ##eb ##el . a day later the general assembly invalid ##ated enough votes to give the election to go
a united states senator from kentucky. he was the state's first popularly elected senator following passage of the seventeenth amendment. descended from a prominent political family, beckham was chosen as democrat william goebel's running mate in the gubernatorial election of 1899 despite the fact that he was not yet of legal age to serve as governor if called to do so. goebel lost the election to republican william s. taylor, but the kentucky general assembly disputed the election results. during the political wrangling that followed, an unknown assassin shot goebel. a day later the general assembly invalidated enough votes to give the election to go